Remember the parents who named their baby "Hashtag"? Or the little girl who was named after the Facebook Like button? Apple, Google, Excel, and Siri are also on the rise, and while these certainly wouldn't be MY personal choices for a baby name, it's not much of a surprise. Given our devotion to technology, it's probably only a matter of time until classroom roll calls start sounding like inventory lists from Best Buy.

While most of us aren't actually naming our kids after websites and devices, the trend of choosing baby names has definitely gone digital. From crowdsourcing to specialized apps, more and more parents are going online to find that perfect moniker. I think little Hashtag would agree: baby name books are so two thousand and late.

Nymbler is a fun website capitalizing on the appeal of online baby-naming, using "insights from baby-naming expert Laura Wattenberg, author of The Baby Name Wizard" to help you narrow down your name choices. You start by choosing a few names that you like, or let Nymbler offer ideas. Then hit "Find Names" and the website brainstorms names tailored to fit your style.

Last summer, parents had the thrilling opportunity to purchase the name "Clembough" from Groupon. As the site put it,

Groupon, the official World's Foremost Authority in Baby Naming™ , will name your child or children "Clembough". No substitutes or modifications. Spelling non-negotiable. Any attempt to name your child "Clembough" independent of this exclusive Groupon will be recognized by the world as a cheap imitation.

Unbelievably, four people purchased this $1,000 deal.

Crowdsourcing -- the practice of asking for input from a large group to make a decision -- has become a popular way to narrow down name choices. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer made headlines when she sent out a large group email to friends and family asking for name suggestions for her newly born baby, and websites like Belly Ballot are designed to help you tap your social networks on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest for feedback on your favorite name choices.

All in all, those giant baby name bibles are becoming a thing of the past, sort of like phone books and printed takeout menus. As for me, I have zero plans to be naming any babies ever again, but I've still got my dusty tome where I once looked up my own boys' names. Maybe I'll show it to them years from now when they're naming their own kids, so they see how the old people did it. Analog-style. Uphill, both ways, in the snow.

How did you pick your kids' names? Did you use any websites or apps to help you?